Young Sheldon (TV Series)

Killer Asteroids, Oklahoma, and a Frizzy Hair Machine (2018)

Rex Linn: Principal Petersen

Quotes 

• [Sheldon has been sent to the principal's office for talking back to his science teacher. He's waiting in the principal's secretary's office while she talks to Principal Petersen] 

  Principal Petersen : Does he know I'm in here?

  Sheldon : [over PA]  Attention students and faculty:

  Principal Petersen : Oh, no!

  Sheldon : This is Sheldon Lee Cooper.

  Principal Petersen : [jiggling his office doorknob, but it won't open. Sheldon has jammed it with a chair from the other side]  What the hell!

  Sheldon : We're taught that hard work pays off, but that's not true. I came up with a solution to save Earth from killer asteroids. And lost the science fair to Sue Ann Ludlow and her frizzy hair machine.

  [cut to Sue Ann in class, looking confused] 

  Sheldon : But it wasn't just me who lost. We all lost. Wake up people! The system's broken!

  [cut to his brother, Georgie, looking embarrassed, in class] 

  Sheldon : Real innovation isn't valued. Nowadays, it's all about flash and style. I blame MTV. Luckily, my parents can't afford cable.

  George Sr. : [cut to Sheldon's father, George Sr., in a hallway]  I can afford it.

  Sheldon : [cut to principal's office, where Petersen is climbing out of his window to get to the secretary's office]  I urge you all to rise up! They can't send everyone to the principal's office! Chew gum in class! Use a #1 pencil! Go nuts!

  Sheldon : [Principal Petersen is climbing in through the secretary's office window]  This is Sheldon Lee Cooper, signing off! Live long and prosper!

  [runs out of office] 

  Principal Petersen : You'd better run, you little punk!

• Sheldon : [narrating]  The science fair may be a competition, but when the goal is promoting knowledge, we're all winners.

  Principal Petersen : And the winner of the Medford High School Science Fair is... Sue Ann Ludlow!

  Sheldon : [loudly]  You've got to be kidding me!

  Mary Cooper : Shelly!

  Sheldon : [yelling]  You people are crazy!

  George Sr. : [sotto voce, while picking up Sheldon and carrying him out of the science fair]  All right...

  Sheldon : You're celebrating mediocrity! Mediocrity! MEDIOCRITY!